Technology
Documentaries exploring the technologies that promise to build a better world.
Tyneside's Genetic Pioneers—How the NHS Changed Our World, Series 1
Kirsten O'Brien explores the genetic advances changing the face of medicine.
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Formula E - Driving Change—Newsbeat Documentaries
How is Formula E Racing helping us to make the shift towards electric cars?
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Episode 1—Idris Elba: King of Speed
Tracing the underground racing scene in the USA and speed's effect on popular culture.
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Between Life and Death
Provocative documentary following the doctors who can now interrupt the death process.
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Sex Robots and Us
Meet the world’s most advanced sex robots, their makers and users.
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It's Happening Now—The Computer Programme
Who is using computers now, and where is this technology likely to lead? (1982)
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Episode 1—Hyper Evolution: Rise of the Robots, Series 1
Ben Garrod meets one of the most humanlike robots in the world, Erica.
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Immortal? A Horizon Guide to Ageing
Johnny Ball uses the Horizon archive to find out what science has learned about ageing.
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Can Robots Love Us?
Meet the latest robots designed to engage with humans on emotional and romantic levels.
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Inside MIT's AI Workshop—Click
Click heads to MIT's CSAIL to check out its weird and wonderful robotic research.
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Mechanical Monsters
Simon Schaffer goes in search of amazing engineering wonders of the 19th century.
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Episode 1—The Five Billion Pound Super Sewer, Series 1
Following the creation of the first stretch of an enormous new supersewer in east London.
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It's Been Emotional—Click
A look at emotion-detecting technology, mind-controlled movies and facial recognition.
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Gaming For All—The Gaming Show
How can gaming be made accessible for players with serious physical impairments?
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Bitcoin: WTF?—WTF?
What's The Fuss about Bitcoin? Uncovering the currency everyone is talking about.
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Hacked: Smart Home Secrets—Panorama
Fiona Phillips investigates the hidden dangers of smart devices.
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Jumbo Jet Strip-Down—Engineering Giants
A jumbo jet is broken down into parts and then painstakingly reassembled for flight.
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Diagnosis on Demand? The Computer Will See You Now—Horizon, 2018
Could a machine replace your doctor? A look at how AI is revolutionising healthcare.
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Towards Tomorrow: Robot
Science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov explores how robotics will shape the future.
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The Disruptors—Secrets of Silicon Valley, Series 1
The reality behind Silicon Valley's glittering promise to build a better world.
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The Sega Comeback?—The Gaming Show
30 years since the Mega Drive, Sega are back - but is it just all gaming nostalgia?
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Britain's Nuclear Bomb: The Inside Story
Documentary looking at how, in 1957, Britain exploded its first megaton hydrogen bomb.
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Calculating Ada: The Countess of Computing
How 19th-century countess Ada Lovelace helped give rise to the modern era of computing.
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Made by Machine: When AI Met the Archive
Documentary. Dr Hannah Fry and a virtual host present a new way of making television.
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